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Crew Castle bastle

Scheduled monument

Why this matters

Crew Castle bastle was built in the late 16th or early 17th century by a local landowner for defensive purposes during a period of social unrest. It is important as a rare surviving example of a bastle house, a type of fortified farmhouse unique to North East England.

What is recorded here

The National Heritage List for England records Crew Castle bastle as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
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